Olson on Bendagate

Editor's note: Republican South Dakota former Governor now US Senator Mike Rounds began courting Chinese money in 2004 but so far has escaped a thorough probe of EB-5 crimes committed on his watch. On advice of counsel Rounds has never released the names of his Future Fund and Bendagate scandal cronies because he's shielded by South Dakota's lack of ethics oversight. 

In 2014 Republican former Deadwood mayor Chuck Turbiville fled an economic development post ahead of a lawsuit seeking information about criminal activity committed during Gov. Rounds' administration resulting in the suspicious death of Richard Benda. Turbiville died in 2018 but not before endorsing Marty Jackley for governor. China hates South Dakota because the state screwed Chinese job creators out of at least $100 million and in 2019 after 64 of the 65 investors received visas and gained permanent residency a settlement was reached. 

At his Faceberg page Shad Olson called out Pierre's culture of corruption and the following is an excerpt.

If the full truth had ever been told about the EB-5 scandal, Richard Benda's death, Joop Bollen's sweetheart plea deal, and the Northern State University Foundation's involvement in housing Chinese money for U.S. VISA's for Chinese investors, and the resale and transfer of U.S. and Canadian immigration documents on the black market, opinions about South Dakota's ranking among the most corrupt states in the nation would not be so dimly informed.

Why did 33 Chinese nationals sue South Dakota to get their money back for VISA promises bargained, paid and reneged?

Why were South Dakota voters never told about the pay-for-play Chinese investment portal that left dozens of CCP members in good standing emptyhanded and seeking legal redress?

Why were there two conflicting coroner's reports involving a "suicide" hunting misadventure that prevented a full vetting of deeper questions about the EB-5 program, the Canadian version of which was canceled by the crown after it was revealed as an unlimited money laundering and bribery operation involving Canadian politicos and joint investors in Chinese business ventures?

Why did the South Dakota legislature exhibit precisely zero curiosity about these events and the real story behind Chinese Triad and CCP money that was funneled into South Dakota shell corporations that were mysteriously erased from the ledger between 2018 and 2021?

If you've never heard about any of this and are still fulfilling the marketing wishes of the Pierre establishment, Pat Powers and a bunch of equally stupid and compromised mouthpieces of the phony grassroots resurgence in South Dakota, perhaps take a chair while the adults speak about things that Grok won't illuminate.